We've finally transformed the weedy, dirt patch side of our yard into the beginnings of a low maintenance privacy screen. It should look great in a few years, just about the time we will likely want to move, right?
I have no real expertise in landscape design, but it's a fun learning. Except I could do without it being 10,000º (or 100º F) outside in the sun.
View from the street

View from the sidewalk

View from the front door

Ingredients:
- Excavate 300 square feet of weeds
- Pull up 1000 feet of tangled bindweed roots (5-10' each)
- 1 cubic yard of locally recovered topsoil
- 1 cubic yard compost
- 350 sq ft of water-permeable weed barrier
- 1402 lbs of Oklahoma red limestone (actually orange)
- 1250 lbs of decomposed granite
- 1/2 cubic yard of recycled mulch
(Mostly) Native Plants: